diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index afc6acc..9a540d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ A release with an intentional breaking changes is marked with:
 ** {issue}620[#620]: Get stricter when unwrapping elements. ({person}dgr[@dgr])
 * Docs
 ** {issue}559[#559]: Deprecate use of `:active` with `query` and other APIs that use `query` under the hood. ({person}dgr[@dgr])
+** {issue}642[#642]: Add `driver-type` to retrieve driver type keyword. ({person}dgr[@dgr])
 
 == v1.1.41 [minor breaking] - 2024-08-14 [[v1.1.41]]
 
diff --git a/doc/01-user-guide.adoc b/doc/01-user-guide.adoc
index f8d74bb..d489cd5 100644
--- a/doc/01-user-guide.adoc
+++ b/doc/01-user-guide.adoc
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ endif::[]
 
 ;; Start WebDriver for Firefox
 (def driver (e/firefox)) ;; a Firefox window should appear
+(e/driver-type driver)
+;; => :firefox
 
 ;; let's perform a quick Wiki session
 
diff --git a/src/etaoin/api.clj b/src/etaoin/api.clj
index d2311f3..908571f 100644
--- a/src/etaoin/api.clj
+++ b/src/etaoin/api.clj
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   - [[with-edge]] [[with-edge-headless]] [[edge]] [[edge-headless]] [[when-edge]] [[when-not-edge]]
   - [[with-firefox]] [[with-firefox-headless]] [[firefox]] [[firefox-headless]] [[firefox?]] [[when-firefox]] [[when-not-firefox]]
   - [[with-safari]] [[safari]] [[safari?]] [[when-safari]] [[when-not-safari]]
-  - [[driver?]] [[running?]] [[headless?]] [[when-headless]] [[when-not-headless]]
+  - [[driver?]] [[driver-type]] [[running?]] 
+  - [[headless?]] [[when-headless]] [[when-not-headless]]
   - [[disconnect-driver]] [[stop-driver]] [[quit]]
 
   **WebDriver Lower Level Comms**
@@ -2178,10 +2179,15 @@
 ;;
 
 (defn driver?
-  "Return true if `driver` is of `type` (e.g. on of: `:chrome`, `:edge`, `:firefox`, `:safari`)"
+  "Return true if `driver` is of `type` (e.g. one of: `:chrome`, `:edge`, `:firefox`, `:safari`)"
   [driver type]
   (= (dispatch-driver driver) type))
 
+(defn driver-type
+  "Returns the type of driver (e.g., `:chrome`, `:firefox`, `:safari`, or `:edge`)."
+  [driver]
+  (dispatch-driver driver))
+
 (defn chrome?
   "Returns true if a `driver` is Chrome."
   [driver]
diff --git a/test/etaoin/api_test.clj b/test/etaoin/api_test.clj
index 7d54f4d..19c1f99 100644
--- a/test/etaoin/api_test.clj
+++ b/test/etaoin/api_test.clj
@@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@
            (->> (e/query-all-from-shadow-root *driver* {:id "shadow-root-host"} {:css "span"})
                 (mapv #(e/get-element-text-el *driver* %)))))))
 
+(deftest test-driver-type
+  (is (#{:chrome :firefox :safari :edge} (e/driver-type *driver*))))
+
 (deftest test-timeouts
   (let [timeouts {:implicit 32134
                   :script 78921